Groningen, the Netherlands. Jos wakes up in a homeless shelter, his regular place to spend the night. It's almost ten o'clock in the morning. Street life commences, regardless of the weather. Whether he's sick or not, whether he wants to or not: Jos has to leave. Like all other days. The shelter will reopen in twelve hours.
Twelve hours that aren't easily spent outside in the cold. But today is different. Jos has a plan. He is going to make up for what he did. He'll have to convince his girlfriend. And his friends. Jos is going to change, starting today. No more drinking. No more smoking. No more coke, heroin or other drugs. Never. Jos really wants to change. He's quitting his bad habits today. Really. Today is the day. Or, well, maybe tomorrow.

• Moscow International Film Festival
• Golden Apricot Film Festival Yerevan
• Dutch Film Festival
• Cyprus International Film Festival
• Northern Film Festival

Rene Houwen (1963) living in Groningen, The Netherlands
Houwen worked for 30 years in the music industry as a musician, record producer and owner of Mastersound Studios in Groningen. In 2007 he quit completely with the music business and a year later he started collaborating with young filmmaker Thijs Gloger. Together they founded Schaftkip Films to produce low budget feature films.
Holland (2009) marks their first collaboration. Other feature films they made together include Prooidieren (Prey, 2010), Bebop (2010) and Foreigners/Buitenlanders/Ausländer (2011). Young filmmaker Joren Molter is collaborating with Schaftkip Films for the first time on Foreigners/Buitenlanders/Ausländer.
The 2012 feature film Die Welt, written and directed by Alex Pitstra, was produced by Schaftkip Films, with Rene Houwen producing and Thijs Gloger serving as co-writer and director of photography.
Heroin (2013) is the feature debut of Rene Houwen not only producing but also directing and writing.